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Question
Have you or anyone in your family been given a glucose drip? When and why? Tell the class about it.
Solution
Once, my grandmother had to be admitted to the hospital. She was sick. She was given the glucose drip in the hospital. Doctors said that it would help her to recover quickly.
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